Tuesday, August 02, 2005

Another controller mock-up

Spooky. I got this pic from this Nintendo forum thread called ´Nee advertisement (56K)´ and while I´m reading page two, the thread gets deleted. Now that could just be related to something someone posted on page five. But it may also be related to the mock-up itself. I´m not going to shout *woo woo* here, but the mock-up looks a likely contender. The ad´s style is what could be expected for a teaser campaign, while you can see enough of the controller to see this wasn´t knocked up in five minutes by some teenager on PhotoShop. So, I´ll give this one a hesitant ´perhaps´.

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I don't know! Nintendo said they didn't want an A and B button, plus that looks a bit too much like the GameCube controller. Also, the perspective appears to be a bit off on the controller logo. Also, I doubt Nintendo would copy MS and Sony's route in the four button layout, although the SNES did it first. Still, if it's real, the blue thingie leaves a good mystery!

It definitely is a good piece of art, almost professional. But im still not sure, the controller button looks eerily similar to xbox ones. Also maybe the revolutionary part is on the left side (the hidden part)

Hey, here's that same picture, but I took it into Photoshop, overexposed the image, and outlined the controller's shape to the best of my ability based on what I'm able to tell from the image. In my opinion, it looks vastly out of proportion, and isn't something that Nintendo would put in an advertisement. The idea is consistent with many of the rumors we've heard recently (expecially the trackball), but I strongly think this is a fake mockup.

At first I thought why would they put "Nintendo Revolution" on the controller... duh... But after doing a search, the N64 controller was the only one that didn't specify the system it controlled. NES, SNES, and the GC all had their logos on the controller..... just thought I would share that.

Is it just me or is that Revolution logo going off in an extreme angle when compared to the controller itself. Assuming that this is a One_Piece design and we are looking at it straight ahead wouldnt this debunk this as nothing more then a fan made Mock Up? Of course there is a possibility that the Logo itself was put at an angle....

Hi everyone. Thanks for your comments. @Aepex: Thanks for the cool pic. Good idea overexposing the image. Let´s you see the dimensions better.

@Dreamcloud: I agree with you, that image with the blurry controller is fake. There is a more simple reason than analyzing the dimensions, though. There simply are no consoles like that. The prototypes don´t actually contain any hardware yet. So far, there are only Dev Kits capable of running games. So it makes no sense at all to create those mock-ups. That´s the reason I have stopped commenting on pics showing the Rev console connected to a TV.

it's not "totally fake" and no one here is being a lemming. I don't think it's real, but it is a pretty good photoshop job.

The only reason you can say it's "totally fake" is because you are of the mind that nintendo won't release any information in that way. Either way, I don't see anyone here being a lemming. I see people constructively, and intelligently reacting to and debunking rumours...

I can not say how I am but I'm french so excuse me for my english...Anyway, just a clue: have you ever think about that you have maybe use something similar to this "thing" which is supposed to be new in video-game?I'm talking about the revolutionary part of the controler, let me tell you that it will surpise you but you will probably say "OMG, why haven't think about it?"Idon't want to tell you more but it's a way to control that is already implemented in computers and IP**...So don't put your imagination in a place where it will leave you desapointed, it's simple, fresh and easy to use (I can just tell you that you will always see you good old A B X Y L and R buttons so think about what is re-inveted...)Bye

its obvious as to what our frenchman is trying to say, its already used in computers and IP** which is obviously IPOD, so he means touchPad which i think he is wrong, possible but unlikely, i think a trackball would make more sense than a touchpad.